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The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a man’s argument that I.C. 35-48-4-12 would run afoul of double jeopardy or collateral
estoppel if the court defers his marijuana possession charge but not his charge of dealing marijuana.

The defendant in a drug trial was unable to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that his constitutional right to confront
a witness was violated when the confidential informant did not testify at trial.

The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the admittance of drugs and other evidence obtained by police after searching an apartment
following a report of an unattended child. The justices found both parents gave their consent for police to make sure the
apartment was fit before returning the child to their care.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a defendant’s argument that his trial attorney was ineffective because he
failed to object to an interpreter arrangement during a witness’s testimony and chose not to have all of discovery translated
into Spanish.

A non-native English speaker was able to show the Indiana Supreme Court that, during his guilty plea hearing, he was not properly
advised of the constitutional rights he was waiving by pleading guilty. The justices reversed the denial of his petition for
post-conviction relief.

Because a man entered into a plea agreement that he was not entitled to credit for the time he was on electronic monitoring
as a condition of bond, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed his 14-year sentence.

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a woman’s claim that drugs found in her possession should not have been admitted
at trial because a police search of her after a traffic stop violated the federal and state constitutions.

The methamphetamine bill that passed during the 2014 session turns attention away from the ingredients and to the contamination
left behind by active meth labs. House Enrolled Act 1141 establishes an online database where potential homebuyers and renters
will be able to see if their property was the site of a lab.

A convicted cocaine dealer failed to convince a panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals that summary judgment forfeiture of
his yellow 2004 Hummer was a violation of trial rules, even though the state’s motion for summary judgment was in response
to a court show cause order due to case inactivity for more than a year.

A Paoli man convicted of multiple drug offenses had a lesser conviction vacated Tuesday by the Indiana Court of Appeals. The
court let stand other convictions for which he was sentenced to an aggregate 16 years in prison.

A trial court properly admitted contraband seized from a woman’s hotel room into evidence, the Indiana Court of Appeals
ruled Wednesday. One judge on the panel departed from his colleagues’ need to discuss that the officers’ search
was justified because they acted in good faith.

Although the statements from three individuals were hearsay and initially led law enforcement to enter the wrong apartment,
a split Indiana Court of Appeals found, collectively, the information supported probable cause.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the denial of an automobile passenger’s motion to suppress evidence found
in the car during a traffic stop, which led to his eventual pleading guilty to a heroin offense. The judges found no error
by the District judge in crediting the testimony of the police officer who pulled the vehicle over because he believed the
speed it was traveling and distance to the car in front of it violated Indiana law.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a defendant’s argument that the drugs seized at his home with a warrant following
his arrest should have been excluded from determining his sentence after the District judge ruled the warrant was invalid.

Based on evidence that a mother continued to have extensive problems with drugs and violent relationships with her children’s
fathers, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the determination that a woman’s two young children were children in
need of services.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a defendant’s argument that his elderly uncle was a confused old man who was
out of touch with reality and, therefore, unable to consent to a search of his home when police showed up looking to serve
an arrest warrant. The search led to the arrest of the grandson on drug and weapons charges.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a sentence for possession of child pornography Thursday that it ruled imposed an
unconstitutionally vague condition of supervised release. The court affirmed, in the case, convictions of attempting to distribute
heroin and illegal possession of a firearm.